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Smart city developer acquires digital services company

Smart city developer acquires digital services company

07 Jan 2021
The acquisition will help Planet Smart City to use gamification to drive residents’ loyalty and participation in community life and reward the most active and environmentally conscious behaviours.
Resource provides guidance on designing streets for children

Resource provides guidance on designing streets for children

10 Aug 2020
Designing Streets for Kids has been released by NACTO as a supplement to the Global Street Design Guide, which aims to set a new global baseline for designing urban streets. 
Smart city infrastructure specialist expands Brazilian operations

Smart city infrastructure specialist expands Brazilian operations

08 Jun 2020
It follows a new round of investment which will enable it to help cities update and expand their public lighting systems and use them to roll out further smart city applications.
Proptech company launches fourth smart city project in Brazil

Proptech company launches fourth smart city project in Brazil

27 May 2020
The Smart City Aquiraz development is located 29km from Ceará’s capital Fortaleza, and built on a 200-hectare site, it will be home to more than 18,000 residents.
Bogota ranked as 2019's most congested city

Bogota ranked as 2019's most congested city

09 Mar 2020
Drivers in the Colombian capital lose 191 hours a year to congestion, according to the 2019 Inrix Global Traffic Scorecard, which identifies and analyses trends in more than 900 cities.
Moovit and Waze launch carpool pilot

Moovit and Waze launch carpool pilot

30 Oct 2019
The companies claim this is the first community collaboration of its kind and will roll out to Android users in the US, Brazil, Mexico and Israel.
Smart City Expo announces awards finalists

Smart City Expo announces awards finalists

30 Oct 2019
A total of 28 cities and projects have been chosen across seven categories for the World Smart City Awards 2019 and winners will be announced on 20 November.
São Paulo utility deploys tech to reduce 40 per cent water losses

São Paulo utility deploys tech to reduce 40 per cent water losses

09 Oct 2019
With water losses of up to 40 per cent, Americana’s Department of Water and Sewage wants better insight into operations.
Bike-sharing comes to Buenos Aires and Santiago

Bike-sharing comes to Buenos Aires and Santiago

31 Aug 2018
PBSC Urban Solutions has been chosen to deploy programmes in both South American cities by early next year
Moovit hits 1,500 city landmark

Moovit hits 1,500 city landmark

22 Aug 2017
Dayton in Ohio is the latest addition to the public transport app, which is used by more than 70 million people
World’s leading digital nations named

World’s leading digital nations named

13 Jul 2017
Eight countries emerge as among the world’s “stand-out” digital economies
Brazil expands bike-share scheme

Brazil expands bike-share scheme

07 Jul 2017
When completed, the PBSC-enabled Tembici network will be the largest bike-sharing system in South America
Engie selects energy storage system for solar-wind plant

Engie selects energy storage system for solar-wind plant

20 Apr 2017
Project represents Engie’s first large-scale deployment of an Eos Aurora battery system in South America
Largest M2M/IoT roll-out in the world for Middle East

Largest M2M/IoT roll-out in the world for Middle East

03 Mar 2017
Ingenu and MEC Telematik are providing IoT connectivity for Saudi Arabia, UAE and the rest of the Middle Eastern GCC countries